The Witte Museum has named Dirk Elmendorf, a former board chairman for the museum and a founder of Rackspace Technology, as its new president and CEO. Elmendorf will take over for outgoing President and CEO Marise McDermott, who announced her departure after 20 years leading the Witte, according to museum officials. Her last day in […]
The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. Dog & Pony Grill will host a “Beery” Christmas Pajama Party Thursday, Dec. 14, from 5-8 p.m. The event will feature rounds of Singo — a musical version of bingo — also with happy-hour specials and specialty beers […]
Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant, a 61-year-old neighborhood dining spot north of downtown San Antonio, serves up one of the nations’ best dishes, according to the New York Times. Last week, the Gray Lady’s food editors named their 23 Best American Dishes of 2023, including Garcia’s smoked brisket taco. Writer Priya Krishna describe the Tex-Mex mainstay’s signature […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — As the White House and U.S. Senate negotiate a deal to harden the southern border in exchange for aid to U.S. allies, Texas Democrats are pushing back against Republican efforts to […]
How scared are Republicans over the deep unpopularity of their decades-long crusade to dismantle abortion rights? In the case of U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, scared enough to shut their pie holes — for once. Both of Texas’ senators repeatedly dodged questions from NBC News about Kate Cox, the woman who made international headlines […]
Billionaire and Texas transplant Elon Musk plans to set up his own university in Austin, according to recent tax filings. The university will be funded by a $100 million donation from Musk to a charity called The Foundation, according to the paperwork. The money will go to creating a primary and secondary school before expanding […]
A San Antonio-area man has pleaded guilty to threatening the life of a Boston doctor who treats gender-nonconforming youth, according to federal authorities. Matthew Jordan Lindner entered a plea deal Wednesday in a Boston federal court, admitting to one count of interstate transmission of threatening communication, court records show. Lindner, 39, resides in Comfort, roughly […]
San Antonio’s Pearl development soon will become home to Pullman Market, a massive multi-concept space being touted as the largest culinary market in the Southwest. Scheduled to open next spring, Pullman will occupy a 40,000-square-foot space at 221 Newell Ave., just sound of the retail and culinary complex, Pearl officials said in a statement. The […]
None of San Antonio’s biggest corporations has committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the best-recognized global programs that track companies’ progress toward reaching net-zero targets, according to a new study. An analysis by corporate-responsibility watchdog group Spendwell found that none of the 10 largest San Antonio-area companies is enrolled in the United Nations-backed Science-Based […]
H-E-B’s iconic commercials featuring the San Antonio Spurs are back and as funny as ever. On Wednesday, the San Antonio-based grocer launched the first two of what will be four TV spots starring 19-year-old basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama along with current Spurs Jeremy Sochan, Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson. The other two will air in […]